[Tutorial] How to install a MODX modification

[Martin Truckenbrodt]

Hallo Haravik,
if the MODs are supporting UMIL then you can use the config values <name of MOD>_version to get automatically compatibility with other MODs.
E.g. I'm doing it this way on AMLS:

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	// phpBB Gallery MOD - https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/phpbb_gallery
	if (array_key_exists('phpbb_gallery_version', $config) && $config['phpbb_gallery_version'])
{
... 
}

Bye Martin

[Haravikk]

if the MODs are supporting UMIL then you can use the config values <name of MOD>_version to get automatically compatibility with other MODs.

Thanks for the reply, but I'm not sure how I would apply this to the changes I've added to my MODX file? Specifically I'd like to do something like:

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<open src="foo.php" type="if-exists">
    <!-- Edits etc. -->
</open>

So that the edits can be skipped if a particular file (that may not be installed) does not exist, rather than throwing up an error in AutoMOD like it does now. I suppose it's more of an AutoMOD feature since for the MODX file itself I can just add a comment telling the user to skip the step if they don't have the file, but AutoMOD doesn't seem to have the ability to do this.

I'd like to be able to do the same thing with <edit> commands, so that I can look for edits made by other mods to resolve incompatibilities, or to ensure my code appears at the correct position.

For example, if my mod, and someone else's mod both added code after the same <find> command, then depending upon the order in which our mods are installed incompatibilities could arise. But if I could detect the other mod then I could change my edit to a before-add instead, to ensure my code executes first.

The edit might look something like:

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<edit type="if-found">
    <find><![CDATA[$foo = 'bar';]]></find>
    <!-- An action, inline find, whatever -->
</edit>

Basically the edit would only continue if its <find> statements are matched, otherwise it's okay to just skip it.

[Martin Truckenbrodt]

Hello,
I told a way to do implement compatibilty directly in your PHP code.

Do an extra XML file an place it in the contrib Folder, add a link to your main XML file.

Bye Martin

[BiGDiL]

thanks for the info.

[johnmatthew84]

I don’t know about the MODX modification but can you solve my problem which is I just setup my first board and tried to install my first MOD. I wanted the "update attachment" mod for my site and read all the guides and help on installing modes.

[Mick]

I wanted the "update attachment" mod for my site and read all the guides and help on installing modes.

Are you experiencing problems installing MODs in general, in other words, you don't know how to do it or are you're having problems installing that particular MOD?

[TheRaj]

Thanks for the tutorial, it saved my precious time

[Francoisjunior]

I learn a lot on this page. I like how you do the step by step with pictures in it. It's more clear and I followed it easily. Thanks for additional knowledge

[Korkel]

Great Tutorial, but the images are broken?

[tbackoff]

They don't seem to be broken for me

[all4phone]

Thanks for the tutorial.
I can confirm the images are fine.

[battye]

Great Tutorial, but the images are broken?

If you're having trouble viewing the images it might just be that the SSL certificate hasn't been accepted.
If you view an image directly, like by clicking this link - https://camo.phpbb.com/4f2ef1e5d5e40e62 ... 782e4a5047 - you will be prompted to accept the certificate. Then the images should load fine

[rwmtiger]

i got error 400

[5hocK]

i got error 400

I get this quite often too (once a week or so) - Deleting all board cookies and clearing your browser cache does the trick for me.

[rwmtiger]

thank for info